Black and white photograph of Dr John Buchanan in 1951.
Dr John Buchanan, born in 1880 the son of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911, photographed in 1951.
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Associated People: Buchanan, Dr Alexander, Baugh (1835 - 1911)
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Black and white photograph of Dr John Buchanan.
Dr John Buchanan, born in 1880 the son of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911, photographed in Caoles in either Tiree or Coll.
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Black and white photograph of Dr Alexander Buchanan, 1835-1911.
Dr Alexander Buchanan (1835-1911), Medical Officer for Tiree from 1860 until his death in 1911.
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Black and white photograph of Janetta and Mary Buchanan of Baugh.
Janetta (b. 1869) and Mary (b. 1871), daughters of Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911. Janetta married a Captain Ritchie from Mull (see M61).
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Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 8, 1990.
Articles about seers, emigration ship `Brilliant`, fishing competitions, poetess and pauper Janet MacLean, the school, the church, model aeroplanes, ducks, views on Coll and the Community Council among others.
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Audio cassette recording of Hugh MacKinnon of Baugh talking to Dr John Holliday in January 1999.
Hugh MacKinnon of Baugh talks to Dr John Holliday in January 1999 about his early life and memories of his schooldays including the mine that blew up at Scarinish, the construction work in Tiree during the war, the station commander Preston Potts, the RAF base and plane crashes, the people living in Baugh, crofting, Dr Buchanan, the shops, his first bicycle and his father’s work. (Continued on AC90)
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Dr Alexander Buchanan’s memorial
Photograph of the memorial at Baugh to Dr Alexander Buchanan, Medical Officer for Tiree 1860-1911.
Dr Buchanan was Tiree’s Medical Officer from 1860 to 1911. Although he was wealthy by island standards, an indication of the importance people of the time placed on medical treatment can be seen by the fact that in 1880 there was no nurse, one doctor and four ministers.
As well as payment for smallpox vaccinations and looking after those on the Poor Roll, Dr Buchanan had the income from one of the best farms on the island at Baugh. He died in 1911 aged 75, leaving an estate valued at £3,750.
On his death a monument was erected on Cnoc Eibrig in Baugh to a ‘Medical officer and loved and valued friend of the islanders’. This monument was damaged during World War II by blasting from the nearby quarry, despite the erection of a wooden shield.
Colour photograph of Dr Buchanan`s memorial at Baugh.
Memorial to Dr Buchanan (1835 – 1911) at Baugh, Tiree`s Medical Officer from 1860 until his death.
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Colour photograph of Dr Buchanan`s memorial at Baugh.
The inscription on Dr Alexander Buchanan`s memorial at Baugh.
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Transcript of the precognition of James MacFadyen, Tiree (Argyll & Bute Archives, TPF/1869/12).
Precognition of James MacFadyen, Tiree, charged with the rape of Ann MacPhail, `a pauper and lunatic`, in 1869.
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Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Third Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 32-35, 82-83,92-99.
Description of the housing in Tiree, an outbreak of measles,typhoid fever and one case of smallpox as reported by Dr Buchanan.